diff --git a/engine/client/cl_spray.c b/engine/client/cl_spray.c
index 5525bebc..1b5be862 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_spray.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_spray.c
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ qboolean CL_ConvertImageToWAD3( const char *filename )
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		quant = Mem_Malloc( host.imagepool, sizeof( *quant ));
-		*quant = *image;
-		quant->buffer = Mem_Malloc( host.imagepool, quant->size );
-		memcpy( quant->buffer, image->buffer, quant->size );
+		quant = FS_CopyImage( image );
 		Image_Quantize( quant ); // it's so weird, it writes result to same structure as used for input data
 
 		if( !quant || !quant->buffer || !quant->palette )